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this paper ls committed to the policy of public ownership of public utilities Chicago examiner vol xvi no 3 a m tuesday Chicago december 25 1917 Â» tuesday u.s b pl^rsffice price two cents istfssfciss t^â„¢ln Chicago to be center in making munitions gary indiana harbor and east t Chicago plants to make heavy guns completed shells ar mor plate aeroplane motors big guns complete shells armor plate and airplane motors are 10 be made m larger quantttie t Chicago according to plans dis sed by staff officers of the wash ton ordnance department and some of the biggest business and banking men of the middle west yes at a meeting m the offices of the ssociatlon of commerce details of lans to make Chicago one of the iggest munition-making cities of le country were outlined heavy artillery of the field type ill be made m quantities even larger an are turned out at the bethlehem eel works according to james b organ the big gun plants are to be located m gary indiana harbor and east Chicago plans completed for converting plants elaborate plans for converting of all machine works steel and iron foundries and other such plants into factories for turning out completed hells and guns have been completed and the ordnance staff officers pre sented them m detail to the business major charles t richardson of the bureau of ordnance is m Chicago looking over the possibilities gen eral crozler said m washington last contracts totaling millions of dol lars are in sight for Chicago if its munitions factories can set a record breaking pace the ordnance bureau program calls for 79,000,000 shells of all cali bers before july 1 next year chi cago philadelphia new york and boston manufactories divide the bulk of the contracts city to become big munition center james b forgan chairman of the board of directors of the first na tional bank one of those taking a prominent part at the meeting after ward sfated it is the aim of the business and banking men of the city to make Chicago one of the munition cen ters of the world during the war Chicago possesses advantages for this industry that few other lo calities have general crozier's staff officers have the situation sized up m good shape and we are going to devote all our efforts and resources to help them other similar meetings of the ord nance officers and representative business men of chicago~~are to be held during the week complete big guns and armor plate Chicago already has become a fac " tor m turning out unfinished product m shells tanks big-callbered guns and motor parts but it is the plan of the ordnance department for the nu h ition plants to manufacture complete hbells motors and big guna -, pjklhe bifc plants at gary indiana lor and east Chicago wil be .â€¢'_ pjkted into factories for the wan ik of complete big guns and u s senator dies senator francis g new lands of nevada died sud denly m washington yester day working with president wilson he directed the inquiry which will probably determine the government attitude toward control of railroads packers agree to arbitrate fuel administrator williams agreed upon to settle contro versy m meat industry at 2:so o'clock this morning presli dent wilson's labor commission ef fected an adjustment of all present and future grievances for 100,000 em ployes of the five great national packing companies which threatened a strike m the packing industry the essence of the agreement is this john e williams state fuel ad ministrator is to act as united states administrator to dispose of all dis putes and claims as to wage increases for employes working hours and other altercations which might arise during the period of the war both sides promised to abide by mr williams decisions this agreement will affect the five great packing companies armour & co swift & co wilson & co mor ris & co and the cudahy^company as well as their employes m the stock yards at Chicago kansas city sioux city east st louis st loui3 st joseph denver oklahoma city st paul omaha and fort worth felix frankfurter secretary of the president's commission m comment ing on the agreement said this means that during the period of the war no strike or lockout can occur in the packing industry vir tually under the provisions of the agree ment the companies agree not to dis criminate m favor of or against the union men thisj action assuring the unin terrupted meat supply to the allied armies is of vital importance at this time the agreement followed an all-day and practically all-night session of the commission t r.urges prohibition for all war workers washington dec 24 â€” a letter of colonel roosevelt urging war pro hibition for railroaders miners and factory and ship yard workers as well as soldiers and sailors was made public to-night by dr c t wilson | of the national temperfitce board new lands dies suddenly in washington u s senator stricken with heart failure attending con ference president is shocked headed committee handling the government ownership prob lem may halt investigation washington dec 24 â€” senator francis g newlands of nevada died of heart disease at 10:10 to-night at his apartments on sheridan circle he seemed m good health to-day he attended an informal meeting of the interstate commerce committee this afternoon to discuss president wilson's probable appearance at the capitol with his message to congress on the railroad situation in the evening he complained of feeling 111 but ms cwiaitlon was not thought serious he suddenly eoj iylopsed and died shock to wilson news of the senator's death came as a great shock to prjÂ»3ident wilson joseph p tumulty ie president's secretary when notified exclaimed that doesn't seem possible i was ; talking with senator newlands this i evening tou can say for the presi dent that he is deeply grieved and terribly shocked just what lm mediate effect the death of the sen ator will make on sir wilson's plans cannot of course be considered now senator newlands prominent m many of the most important legis lative matters before congress was head of the joint senate and house interstate commerce committee more generally known as the newlands committee this committee has conducted the investigation of the railroads and railroad conditions and next to presi dent wilson senator newlands was more^famlliar with all sides of the problem than any man m america may halt inquiry the investigations of this commit tee together with the recommenda tlons of the president probably will decide the attitude of the adminls ratior towards government control or ownership of railroads a conference had been called for thursday at which the president with senator newlands was to have gone finally over the situation with the heads of the railroads and the chiefs of the railway brotherhoods it is probable this conference will be postponed necessitating a delay in president wilson's decision and mes sage to congress you bet says wilson to newsboy's plea washington dec 24 a soiled little hand palm upward blocked the way of a tall man whose face was grave but smiling say mister piped up the owner of the grimy paw ain't cha goin to do nuttin for de newsboys christ mas you bet you replied the tall man filling the open palm with a shiny half-dollar levy mayer named in stock suit new york dec 24 â€” levy mayer counsel for the distillers securities corporation which absorbed the dis tillers company of america is ac cused m a suit filed by charles stoll to-day with having urged others to exchange their stock m the latter for securities of the new corporation while he clung to and subsequently sold 5,640 shares m the distillers company for 400,000 japan warns russ she may seize territory tokio dec 24 â€” the japanese * ambassador has notified the bolsheviki government of russia according to advices here to-day that it will be held strictly re sponsible for any losses to japan through reorganization of russia 3 finances the envoy is reported to have made it clear that japan reserves the right to demand ter ritorial remuneration m case of loss london dec 24 1f the above report is true japan has gone farther than any other entente power against the bolsheviki japan is estimated to be russia's creditor to the extent of about 15,000,000,000 and the territorial remuneration she might ask it was thought would prfrbably be all of russian manchuria rail control by jan 1 , is report capital hears wilson plans quick action sends for broth erhood heads washington dec 24 president wilson to-day began to speed up preparation of his forthcoming mes sage on the railroads he summoned to a conference for thursday the four chiefs of the broth erhoods and their legislative repre sentatives here it was said this ac tion came m response to a request of the railroad men the brotherhoods desire to know what their position will be after the government acts railroad executives here were dis turbed by a report to-night that the president will take over the roads on january 1 or soon after little doubt is expressed m railroad circles that the president intends tak ing over the roads some railroad officials to-day admitted centralized control would be the quickest way to relieve congestion wilson s pictures to hang in jerusalem new york dec 24 â€” two pictures of president wilson delivering his first inaugural address have been for warded to jerusalem with the request they be hung m the historic city the pictures were sent to general al lenby british commander now m possession of jerusalem with a christmas greeting swedish queen opens palace to workwomen stockholm dec 24 â€” owing to the scarcity of coal queen victoria has opened several sewing rooms m the palace to several score of sew ing women whose homes are too cold for work m comfort asquith s son is wounded in action london dec 24 â€” lieutenant com mander arthur m asquith royal naval reserve third son of former premier asquith has been badly wounded in action m prance balloon bears 5 from akron to canada toronto ont dec 24 â€” driven by ralph upson a balloon has traveled from akron 0 to toronto m seven teen hours it carried five men peace now or war to end says william emperor tells troops sword will force conclusion if teu ton overtures are rejected asserts god aids his armies amsterdam dec 24 the ger man fadero council has r^-prove chancellor hsrtling's russian peace program according to a berlin dis patch to-day amsterdam dec 24 â€” in a speech on saturday to the sec ond army kaiser wilhelm is sued a threat to the allies m the event his peace overtures are re jected he said if the enemy does not want peace then we must bring peace to tie world by the battering of our iron fist and our shining sword despite three years of war and suffering our old offensive spirit is still effective emperor says god's hand prevailed the kaiser had just completed an inspection of the verdun front ho said that passing through all minds like the scent of the morning breeze was the thought you are no longer alone the great successes and vic tories of the reoent past â€” the great days of battle m flanders and before cambrai where the first crushing offensive blow de livered upon the arrogant british shewed that despite three years of war and suffering our troops still retained their old offensive spirit â€” have their effect on the en tire fatherland and on the enemy we do not know what is still in store for us but you have seen how m this last of the four years of war god's hand has visibly pre vailed punished treachery and re warded heroic persistence from this we can gain firm confidence that the lord will be with us m the future also defense in west made eastern advance possible it has been a year full of events for the germaji army and the ger man fatherland powerful blows have been delivered and your com rades m the east have been able to bring about great decisions there has been no man no offi cer and no general on the whole eastern front wherever i have spoken to them who has not frank ly admitted that they could not u s weather forecast Chicago and vicinity â€” gener ' ally fair and somewhat colder tues day wednesday unsettled moderate northwest to west winds tuesday be coming variable wednesday tbstperatuhe for twenty-four hours ending it 2 a m highest bo lowest 31 mean 40 normal temperature for the day 27 deficiency of temperature fence january 1 560 degrees precipitation for twenty-four hours ending at 7 p nr none deficiency since january 1 8.67 inches â€¢ belative humidity 7 a m 83 2 p Â», Â«â€¢ t v m 44 atlnrtae to-day 7:17 sunset 4:24 conwlete waatisr tenort on pass s7 four teuton powers to answer russia to-day dutch hear kaiser expected to issue christmas mes sage embodying new peace propo t sals pope asks united states to pray for war's end amsterdam dec 24 a joint reply from the four teutonic powers to the russian peace proposals will be delivered to morrow according to a dispatch from brest-litovsk kaiser's peace offer to-day rome dec 24 â€” high officials here have received reliable information confirming the german christmas move according to these reports the kaiser on christmas day will issue a formal declaration embodying new peace proposals these proposals will give explicit conditions of peace or whether they will be merely another attempt to place responsibility on the allies for the continuance of the war is not known pope benedict gave out the following christmas message for the american people the holy father sends to the people of america his cordial greetings and prays that they may take to hear|,'in this time of strife and suffering the true lesson of christ mastide â€” the lesson of god's unceasing love for mankind the lesson of unfaltering courage and sacrifice cf self more especially he calls upon the little children to whom this day belongs to pray with all their hearts to the babe of bethlehem that he may protect their loved ones and give back to the world that peace which he came to bring upon earth to shift parleys report london dec 24 â€” petiograd reports coming by way of stockholm state that the russo-german peace conference will be moved to neutral soil probably stockholm early m 1918 baker warns of peace talk washington dec 24 â€” secretary baker m a statement to-day warns the american people not to be influenced by latest german peace propaganda m connection with negotiations for separate peace with the russian bolsheviki he says such activities on the part of germany should not for a moment induce us to slacken our preparations for war it would appear that as a forerunner to the german offens ive heralded to be launched m the west an intensive peace propa ganda is to be initiated careful examination of the situation reveals that the enemy is again to sue for peace before victory information from various sources confirms the reports that the germans would have the world believe the military situation is such that they are able to dictate the terms of peace they therefoer threatened that unles sthis dictated peace is accepted by th allied powers and ourselves the german forces now being concentrated on the western front will break through the allied line in the west the various reports of immediate peace proposals by the germans on seemingly favorable terms should not for a moment induce us to slacken our preparations for war trotsky says russ will fight for just peace paris dec 24 â€” leon trotsky the bolsheviki foreign minister has in formed french ambassador noulens that if germany refuses the russian peace terms the maximalists will in stitute a revolutionary war trotsky called on ambassador noulens and informed him the bol sheviki m their negotiations desire to be guided by the principle of a democratic peace he explained this term by saying the people should be given the power to dispose of their own destinies he went on to say m regard to the threatened resumption of fighting that if public opinion was opposed to such a war the question would then be carried before the constituent assembly.'v _Â»_ trotsky added that the overthrow of the bolsheviki government would mean a reign of chaos m russia it is semiofficially stated here that the conversation reported between ambassador noulens and trotsky does not indicate any change m the relationship between the french gov ernment and the bolsheviki marlborough jewels to buy u s bonds london dec 24 â€” the duchess of marlborough plans to sell the 1,500 000 vanderbilt string of pearls and put the money into the american loan peace drive stirs capital kaiser threatens allies ens xpegt at oiis allies to follow wilson's lead rejection of overtures likely because germans hail pres ent situation as a victory washington dec 24 for the first time since presi dent wilson sent his note of december 18 1916 asking the bel ligerent governments to state their war aims washington is seriously discussing the possibility of peace from a purely tactical viewpoint and throwing aside all question oi safeguarding the rights of nation ality it is argued that peace could be made now to the best advantage by both sides austria and germany it is asserted could recoup their losses from russia and yield to the entente with good i grace what it demands elsewhere officially it is not believed anything tvi come of the kaiser's present peace drive the reason is that the germans are hailing it as an aus tro-german victory and the allies are firm m their intention to reject terms that do not imply the military defeat of germany allies to refuse d to modify aims m the ambassador of one of tha gref jb est entente powers said to-day to examiner correspondent that tht had been no wavering m the attitudo of the allies he added that thera could be no peace until terms are ob tained that will mean the removal of germany as a military menace president wilson m conversatiou recently with one of the most dis tinguished representatives of the en tente reiterated with emphasis hi 3 views upon this point the diplomat who discussed the matter to-day with the examiner declared the allies were never more united than at 1 the pres ent moment and that they were fol lowing president wilson's lead im plicitly german terms believed authentic the opinion was expressed that the terms emaniting from german quar ters m europe were undoubtedly au thentic it was believed they were put out as feelers and represented the official german viewpoint of a proper basis for the opening of ne gotiations cable messagea have stated that a proposition would be submitted to the allies through a neutral government the examiner was authoritatively informed to-night that if any peace proposition had been submitted through a neutral government no of ficial inkling of it had yet reached washington neutrals look for definite offer soon in neutral diplomatic quarters the belief was expressed that a definite proposal would soon be forthcoming no important european neutral it was,stated would now hesitate to act as the medium of such a communica tion in this connection much curios ity was manifested as to the nature of a message that is expected to be received by the state department from great britain to-morrow , if peace should be raade now 1 1 continued on 2d page ist column f final fl edition i ' ' o . n < Â» r julius f smietanka m \> j^t ternal revenue collector fjer ' will answer through the examiner all questions on the income tax address *"-* ( communications to income jl Â» tax editor the examiner j ' ' ' '

this paper ls committed to the policy of public ownership of public utilities Chicago examiner vol xvi no 3 a m tuesday Chicago december 25 1917 Â» tuesday u.s b pl^rsffice price two cents istfssfciss t^â„¢ln Chicago to be center in making munitions gary indiana harbor and east t Chicago plants to make heavy guns completed shells ar mor plate aeroplane motors big guns complete shells armor plate and airplane motors are 10 be made m larger quantttie t Chicago according to plans dis sed by staff officers of the wash ton ordnance department and some of the biggest business and banking men of the middle west yes at a meeting m the offices of the ssociatlon of commerce details of lans to make Chicago one of the iggest munition-making cities of le country were outlined heavy artillery of the field type ill be made m quantities even larger an are turned out at the bethlehem eel works according to james b organ the big gun plants are to be located m gary indiana harbor and east Chicago plans completed for converting plants elaborate plans for converting of all machine works steel and iron foundries and other such plants into factories for turning out completed hells and guns have been completed and the ordnance staff officers pre sented them m detail to the business major charles t richardson of the bureau of ordnance is m Chicago looking over the possibilities gen eral crozler said m washington last contracts totaling millions of dol lars are in sight for Chicago if its munitions factories can set a record breaking pace the ordnance bureau program calls for 79,000,000 shells of all cali bers before july 1 next year chi cago philadelphia new york and boston manufactories divide the bulk of the contracts city to become big munition center james b forgan chairman of the board of directors of the first na tional bank one of those taking a prominent part at the meeting after ward sfated it is the aim of the business and banking men of the city to make Chicago one of the munition cen ters of the world during the war Chicago possesses advantages for this industry that few other lo calities have general crozier's staff officers have the situation sized up m good shape and we are going to devote all our efforts and resources to help them other similar meetings of the ord nance officers and representative business men of chicago~~are to be held during the week complete big guns and armor plate Chicago already has become a fac " tor m turning out unfinished product m shells tanks big-callbered guns and motor parts but it is the plan of the ordnance department for the nu h ition plants to manufacture complete hbells motors and big guna -, pjklhe bifc plants at gary indiana lor and east Chicago wil be .â€¢'_ pjkted into factories for the wan ik of complete big guns and u s senator dies senator francis g new lands of nevada died sud denly m washington yester day working with president wilson he directed the inquiry which will probably determine the government attitude toward control of railroads packers agree to arbitrate fuel administrator williams agreed upon to settle contro versy m meat industry at 2:so o'clock this morning presli dent wilson's labor commission ef fected an adjustment of all present and future grievances for 100,000 em ployes of the five great national packing companies which threatened a strike m the packing industry the essence of the agreement is this john e williams state fuel ad ministrator is to act as united states administrator to dispose of all dis putes and claims as to wage increases for employes working hours and other altercations which might arise during the period of the war both sides promised to abide by mr williams decisions this agreement will affect the five great packing companies armour & co swift & co wilson & co mor ris & co and the cudahy^company as well as their employes m the stock yards at Chicago kansas city sioux city east st louis st loui3 st joseph denver oklahoma city st paul omaha and fort worth felix frankfurter secretary of the president's commission m comment ing on the agreement said this means that during the period of the war no strike or lockout can occur in the packing industry vir tually under the provisions of the agree ment the companies agree not to dis criminate m favor of or against the union men thisj action assuring the unin terrupted meat supply to the allied armies is of vital importance at this time the agreement followed an all-day and practically all-night session of the commission t r.urges prohibition for all war workers washington dec 24 â€” a letter of colonel roosevelt urging war pro hibition for railroaders miners and factory and ship yard workers as well as soldiers and sailors was made public to-night by dr c t wilson | of the national temperfitce board new lands dies suddenly in washington u s senator stricken with heart failure attending con ference president is shocked headed committee handling the government ownership prob lem may halt investigation washington dec 24 â€” senator francis g newlands of nevada died of heart disease at 10:10 to-night at his apartments on sheridan circle he seemed m good health to-day he attended an informal meeting of the interstate commerce committee this afternoon to discuss president wilson's probable appearance at the capitol with his message to congress on the railroad situation in the evening he complained of feeling 111 but ms cwiaitlon was not thought serious he suddenly eoj iylopsed and died shock to wilson news of the senator's death came as a great shock to prjÂ»3ident wilson joseph p tumulty ie president's secretary when notified exclaimed that doesn't seem possible i was ; talking with senator newlands this i evening tou can say for the presi dent that he is deeply grieved and terribly shocked just what lm mediate effect the death of the sen ator will make on sir wilson's plans cannot of course be considered now senator newlands prominent m many of the most important legis lative matters before congress was head of the joint senate and house interstate commerce committee more generally known as the newlands committee this committee has conducted the investigation of the railroads and railroad conditions and next to presi dent wilson senator newlands was more^famlliar with all sides of the problem than any man m america may halt inquiry the investigations of this commit tee together with the recommenda tlons of the president probably will decide the attitude of the adminls ratior towards government control or ownership of railroads a conference had been called for thursday at which the president with senator newlands was to have gone finally over the situation with the heads of the railroads and the chiefs of the railway brotherhoods it is probable this conference will be postponed necessitating a delay in president wilson's decision and mes sage to congress you bet says wilson to newsboy's plea washington dec 24 a soiled little hand palm upward blocked the way of a tall man whose face was grave but smiling say mister piped up the owner of the grimy paw ain't cha goin to do nuttin for de newsboys christ mas you bet you replied the tall man filling the open palm with a shiny half-dollar levy mayer named in stock suit new york dec 24 â€” levy mayer counsel for the distillers securities corporation which absorbed the dis tillers company of america is ac cused m a suit filed by charles stoll to-day with having urged others to exchange their stock m the latter for securities of the new corporation while he clung to and subsequently sold 5,640 shares m the distillers company for 400,000 japan warns russ she may seize territory tokio dec 24 â€” the japanese * ambassador has notified the bolsheviki government of russia according to advices here to-day that it will be held strictly re sponsible for any losses to japan through reorganization of russia 3 finances the envoy is reported to have made it clear that japan reserves the right to demand ter ritorial remuneration m case of loss london dec 24 1f the above report is true japan has gone farther than any other entente power against the bolsheviki japan is estimated to be russia's creditor to the extent of about 15,000,000,000 and the territorial remuneration she might ask it was thought would prfrbably be all of russian manchuria rail control by jan 1 , is report capital hears wilson plans quick action sends for broth erhood heads washington dec 24 president wilson to-day began to speed up preparation of his forthcoming mes sage on the railroads he summoned to a conference for thursday the four chiefs of the broth erhoods and their legislative repre sentatives here it was said this ac tion came m response to a request of the railroad men the brotherhoods desire to know what their position will be after the government acts railroad executives here were dis turbed by a report to-night that the president will take over the roads on january 1 or soon after little doubt is expressed m railroad circles that the president intends tak ing over the roads some railroad officials to-day admitted centralized control would be the quickest way to relieve congestion wilson s pictures to hang in jerusalem new york dec 24 â€” two pictures of president wilson delivering his first inaugural address have been for warded to jerusalem with the request they be hung m the historic city the pictures were sent to general al lenby british commander now m possession of jerusalem with a christmas greeting swedish queen opens palace to workwomen stockholm dec 24 â€” owing to the scarcity of coal queen victoria has opened several sewing rooms m the palace to several score of sew ing women whose homes are too cold for work m comfort asquith s son is wounded in action london dec 24 â€” lieutenant com mander arthur m asquith royal naval reserve third son of former premier asquith has been badly wounded in action m prance balloon bears 5 from akron to canada toronto ont dec 24 â€” driven by ralph upson a balloon has traveled from akron 0 to toronto m seven teen hours it carried five men peace now or war to end says william emperor tells troops sword will force conclusion if teu ton overtures are rejected asserts god aids his armies amsterdam dec 24 the ger man fadero council has r^-prove chancellor hsrtling's russian peace program according to a berlin dis patch to-day amsterdam dec 24 â€” in a speech on saturday to the sec ond army kaiser wilhelm is sued a threat to the allies m the event his peace overtures are re jected he said if the enemy does not want peace then we must bring peace to tie world by the battering of our iron fist and our shining sword despite three years of war and suffering our old offensive spirit is still effective emperor says god's hand prevailed the kaiser had just completed an inspection of the verdun front ho said that passing through all minds like the scent of the morning breeze was the thought you are no longer alone the great successes and vic tories of the reoent past â€” the great days of battle m flanders and before cambrai where the first crushing offensive blow de livered upon the arrogant british shewed that despite three years of war and suffering our troops still retained their old offensive spirit â€” have their effect on the en tire fatherland and on the enemy we do not know what is still in store for us but you have seen how m this last of the four years of war god's hand has visibly pre vailed punished treachery and re warded heroic persistence from this we can gain firm confidence that the lord will be with us m the future also defense in west made eastern advance possible it has been a year full of events for the germaji army and the ger man fatherland powerful blows have been delivered and your com rades m the east have been able to bring about great decisions there has been no man no offi cer and no general on the whole eastern front wherever i have spoken to them who has not frank ly admitted that they could not u s weather forecast Chicago and vicinity â€” gener ' ally fair and somewhat colder tues day wednesday unsettled moderate northwest to west winds tuesday be coming variable wednesday tbstperatuhe for twenty-four hours ending it 2 a m highest bo lowest 31 mean 40 normal temperature for the day 27 deficiency of temperature fence january 1 560 degrees precipitation for twenty-four hours ending at 7 p nr none deficiency since january 1 8.67 inches â€¢ belative humidity 7 a m 83 2 p Â», Â«â€¢ t v m 44 atlnrtae to-day 7:17 sunset 4:24 conwlete waatisr tenort on pass s7 four teuton powers to answer russia to-day dutch hear kaiser expected to issue christmas mes sage embodying new peace propo t sals pope asks united states to pray for war's end amsterdam dec 24 a joint reply from the four teutonic powers to the russian peace proposals will be delivered to morrow according to a dispatch from brest-litovsk kaiser's peace offer to-day rome dec 24 â€” high officials here have received reliable information confirming the german christmas move according to these reports the kaiser on christmas day will issue a formal declaration embodying new peace proposals these proposals will give explicit conditions of peace or whether they will be merely another attempt to place responsibility on the allies for the continuance of the war is not known pope benedict gave out the following christmas message for the american people the holy father sends to the people of america his cordial greetings and prays that they may take to hear|,'in this time of strife and suffering the true lesson of christ mastide â€” the lesson of god's unceasing love for mankind the lesson of unfaltering courage and sacrifice cf self more especially he calls upon the little children to whom this day belongs to pray with all their hearts to the babe of bethlehem that he may protect their loved ones and give back to the world that peace which he came to bring upon earth to shift parleys report london dec 24 â€” petiograd reports coming by way of stockholm state that the russo-german peace conference will be moved to neutral soil probably stockholm early m 1918 baker warns of peace talk washington dec 24 â€” secretary baker m a statement to-day warns the american people not to be influenced by latest german peace propaganda m connection with negotiations for separate peace with the russian bolsheviki he says such activities on the part of germany should not for a moment induce us to slacken our preparations for war it would appear that as a forerunner to the german offens ive heralded to be launched m the west an intensive peace propa ganda is to be initiated careful examination of the situation reveals that the enemy is again to sue for peace before victory information from various sources confirms the reports that the germans would have the world believe the military situation is such that they are able to dictate the terms of peace they therefoer threatened that unles sthis dictated peace is accepted by th allied powers and ourselves the german forces now being concentrated on the western front will break through the allied line in the west the various reports of immediate peace proposals by the germans on seemingly favorable terms should not for a moment induce us to slacken our preparations for war trotsky says russ will fight for just peace paris dec 24 â€” leon trotsky the bolsheviki foreign minister has in formed french ambassador noulens that if germany refuses the russian peace terms the maximalists will in stitute a revolutionary war trotsky called on ambassador noulens and informed him the bol sheviki m their negotiations desire to be guided by the principle of a democratic peace he explained this term by saying the people should be given the power to dispose of their own destinies he went on to say m regard to the threatened resumption of fighting that if public opinion was opposed to such a war the question would then be carried before the constituent assembly.'v _Â»_ trotsky added that the overthrow of the bolsheviki government would mean a reign of chaos m russia it is semiofficially stated here that the conversation reported between ambassador noulens and trotsky does not indicate any change m the relationship between the french gov ernment and the bolsheviki marlborough jewels to buy u s bonds london dec 24 â€” the duchess of marlborough plans to sell the 1,500 000 vanderbilt string of pearls and put the money into the american loan peace drive stirs capital kaiser threatens allies ens xpegt at oiis allies to follow wilson's lead rejection of overtures likely because germans hail pres ent situation as a victory washington dec 24 for the first time since presi dent wilson sent his note of december 18 1916 asking the bel ligerent governments to state their war aims washington is seriously discussing the possibility of peace from a purely tactical viewpoint and throwing aside all question oi safeguarding the rights of nation ality it is argued that peace could be made now to the best advantage by both sides austria and germany it is asserted could recoup their losses from russia and yield to the entente with good i grace what it demands elsewhere officially it is not believed anything tvi come of the kaiser's present peace drive the reason is that the germans are hailing it as an aus tro-german victory and the allies are firm m their intention to reject terms that do not imply the military defeat of germany allies to refuse d to modify aims m the ambassador of one of tha gref jb est entente powers said to-day to examiner correspondent that tht had been no wavering m the attitudo of the allies he added that thera could be no peace until terms are ob tained that will mean the removal of germany as a military menace president wilson m conversatiou recently with one of the most dis tinguished representatives of the en tente reiterated with emphasis hi 3 views upon this point the diplomat who discussed the matter to-day with the examiner declared the allies were never more united than at 1 the pres ent moment and that they were fol lowing president wilson's lead im plicitly german terms believed authentic the opinion was expressed that the terms emaniting from german quar ters m europe were undoubtedly au thentic it was believed they were put out as feelers and represented the official german viewpoint of a proper basis for the opening of ne gotiations cable messagea have stated that a proposition would be submitted to the allies through a neutral government the examiner was authoritatively informed to-night that if any peace proposition had been submitted through a neutral government no of ficial inkling of it had yet reached washington neutrals look for definite offer soon in neutral diplomatic quarters the belief was expressed that a definite proposal would soon be forthcoming no important european neutral it was,stated would now hesitate to act as the medium of such a communica tion in this connection much curios ity was manifested as to the nature of a message that is expected to be received by the state department from great britain to-morrow , if peace should be raade now 1 1 continued on 2d page ist column f final fl edition i ' ' o . n < Â» r julius f smietanka m \> j^t ternal revenue collector fjer ' will answer through the examiner all questions on the income tax address *"-* ( communications to income jl Â» tax editor the examiner j ' ' ' '